Richard Pace

Richard Pace (1482-28 June 1536) was an English diplomat in the service of King Henry VIII of England.

Biography
Richard Pace was born in Hampshire, England in 1482, and he was educated at Winchester College, Padua, Bologna, and at the University of Oxford. In 1509, he accompanied Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge to Rome, and he remained in his service until his death by poisoning in 1514. In 1515, upon his return to England, Pace entered the service of Cardinal Garnet Wolsey, and he became his secretary; he also served as Archdeacon of Dorset until 1523. Pace was sent to Italy in 1515 to encourage the Swiss to attack France, and he was captured at the Battle of Marignano, only to be released in early spring. In 1519, he returned to Germany to oversee the election of Emperor Charles V, and he travelled to Venice in 1521 to encourage the Venetians to back Wolsey's candidacy for Pope. He died in 1536.